From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 9 10:50:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5151065670 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:50:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (202-172-126-254.cpe.qld-1.comcen.com.au [202.172.126.254]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2C768FC14 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:50:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.185] (unknown [192.168.0.185]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 750B5409A for ; Sun, 9 Nov 2008 13:45:05 +1000 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4915fa14.vqtg7f7qnYuMLvRh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20081108081229.GA3176@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20081108093248.J42716@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4915fa14.vqtg7f7qnYuMLvRh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:43:25 +1000 Message-Id: <1226202205.1220.48.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-5.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Port Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:50:03 -0000 On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 12:44 -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > >> Is there a port like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for FreeBSD? > > >> I would like to move to FreeBSD as soon as possible. > > > > > > You could try the gimp for manipulating bitmap images. For creating > > > vector images, try either inkscape or xaralx. They're all in ports. > > > > i have a friend that do offset printing. > > > > he have to use windoze and photoshop for only one reason - gimp > > doesn't support editing CMYK images > > If all else fails, one could try running the Windows versions of > Photoshop and Illustrator under wine. That has been known to work, but not without some serious hacking. One major problem is the software needs administrative access, so you need to copy the registry from a working windows to the wine system. If you're up to it its ok, but you do have to wonder whether you really want cross contamination :), or even whether you want to support a company that stubbornly refuses to consider OSS as a system it will build it software for.